Two optic flow pathways from the pretectal nucleus lentiformis mesencephali to the cerebellum in pigeons (Columba livia)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 499, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 732-744

  Pakan, Janelle M P ^a   Wylie, Douglas R Wong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avian cerebellum; Fluorescent tracers; Oculomotor cerebellum; Optic flow; Optokinetic; Vestibulocerebellum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; GAZE; MOSSY FIBER; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBELLUM; COLUMBIDAE; MESENCEPHALON; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; STAINING AND LABELING; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33750916881     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21108     Document Type: Article

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